Pleasant’s sister Kiara Turner agreed, “They don’t know Darrick from a hole in the wall. Why would they take the chance of getting harassed?”

Lenise Turner questioned why police didn’t stop if Darrick had jumped out of the moving vehicle and fell to the ground.

“They did not stop for my baby and they left him on the side of the road to die,” she said. “If we know that he jumped out then why did they keep going? Why didn’t they stop? Because that’s the first thing you do. It’s a medical emergency, you attend to them.”

On Monday, police charged Pleasant, of 433 West Elm St., Brockton and another man, Brahden Hill, 18, of 105 Rockford St., Brockton, with using a motor vehicle without authority. Hill was also charged with obstruction of justice.

Lt. Paul Bonanca said both men are “known to police.”

Lenice Turner took offense to her son being characterized as someone who is “known to police.”

“How is he known to police?” she said. “If you pull up his record he’s got one affray charge that he got last year. I don’t like him being slandered like he’s a bad person, because he’s not.”

Court records show Pleasant was charged with affray and vandalizing property after allegedly getting into a fight inside Popeye’s restaurant at the Westgate Mall in June last year.

Bonanca said the incident is still under investigation.

“We have submitted what we have thus far to the courts for the prosecution of both individuals already mentioned ... We are moving on but will be submitting further supplemental report(s) to the courts when applicable,” Bonanca said in an email Wednesday.

Police Chief Robert Hayden said he could not comment because he was out of the state on vacation.